CHAIM THEIL’s practice encompasses advising sponsors and strategic clients on their domestic and cross-border M&A, carve-outs, joint ventures, equity financings, and general corporate transactions. Chaim is also highly sought after by sponsors, private companies, and public companies in special situations and hybrid capital transactions, restructurings, bankruptcy sales, and other workouts. He has significant experience with transactions in a broad cross section of industries including healthcare, energy, media, industrials, retail, and technology.
パートナー
Chaim P. Theil
- M&A
- プライベート エクイティ
- 企業再編・破産管理
経験
- 代表案件
M&A and Private Equity Transactions:
- Invenergy in a definitive agreement with Blackstone Infrastructure Partners and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec for an approximately US$3 billion equity investment in Invenergy Renewables Holdings LLC, the largest private renewable energy company in North America, by funds managed by Blackstone Infrastructure Partners.
- Invenergy in a US$1 billion follow-on equity investment from funds managed by Blackstone Infrastructure Partners.
- Invenergy Renewables in a consortium with Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and funds managed by Blackstone Infrastructure Partners to acquire a 1,365-megawatt unregulated, contracted renewables portfolio from American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) for US$1.5 billion.
- Invenergy in its joint venture creating Illuminate USA with LONGi, the world’s largest solar panel manufacturer.
- Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe in its buyout of a healthcare technology company.
- IEQ Capital, an approximately US$26.5 billion independent advisory firm partially owned by Stone Point Capital, in IEQ Capital’s acquisition of EPIQ Capital Group, an approximately US$5.3 billion multi-family office and investment firm.
- TowerBrook Capital Partners and certain of its affiliated funds in its joint venture with Newtek Commercial Lending, Inc.
- Wafra Inc. in its joint venture with Trinity Industries, Inc.
- Radiology Partners (RP), a leading technology-enabled radiology practice serving more than 3,300 hospitals and other healthcare facilities across the U.S., in its approximately US$720 million equity investment from existing and new investors.
- Ares Management in its investment in Savers.
- Ares Management in its investment in Infrastructure & Energy Alternatives Inc. (NASDAQ: IEA).
- Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG) in its digital shopping joint venture with Rue Gilt Group.
- Tops Markets in its merger with Price Chopper/Market 32.
Special Situations and Hybrid Capital Transactions:
- KKR Credit in certain preferred equity transactions.
- Northleaf Capital Partners in multiple preferred equity transactions including its investments in a waste transportation and management business, an orthopedic services provider, a leading national car wash operator, and a customer management software provider.
- The special committee of the board of directors of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) in the convertible preferred equity investment by White Hat Capital Partners LP and funds affiliated with Magnetar.
- Cantor Fitzgerald in the restructuring of approximately US$360 million of indebtedness of View, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIEWQ) in Chapter 11.
- Icahn Enterprises and certain of its subsidiaries in its Section 363 purchase of certain of the assets of Auto Plus in Chapter 11.
- New York Digital Investment Group in its restructuring of secured debt in Greenidge Generations Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: GREE).
- Tricida, Inc. (NASDAQ: TCDA) in its Section 363 sale process in Chapter 11.
- Consortium consisting of The Chatterjee Group and investment funds affiliated with the Rhône Group in their joint US$2.725 billion acquisition of McDermott International’s Lummus business as part of the Chapter 11 restructuring of McDermott.
- Pioneer Energy Services Corp., a land-based drilling and production services provider operating in the U.S. and Colombia, and its affiliated debtors, in a prepackaged restructuring plan in Chapter 11.
- Ad hoc group of first lien lenders in Windstream Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: WIN), a provider of telecommunications services to residential and business customers in the United States, in the restructuring of approximately US$1.16 billion of first lien debt in Windstream Holdings, Inc.
- Foresight Energy LP in its restructuring of US$1.1 billion of debt in Chapter 11.
- Chatham Asset Management in its approximately US$325 million Section 363 purchase of substantially all of the assets of The McClatchy Company in Chapter 11.
- Cumulus Media Inc. and certain of its affiliates in the restructuring of approximately US$2.34 billion of debt in Chapter 11.
- Group of lenders led by KKR Credit Advisors in the restructuring of approximately US$375 million of debt in Gibson Brands in Chapter 11.
- Ad hoc group of noteholders in PaperWorks Industries Inc. in the restructuring of approximately US$275 million of debt.
- Ad hoc group of senior secured noteholders of Tops Markets in the restructuring of approximately US$410 million of debt in Tops Markets in Chapter 11.
- Funds affiliated with KKR & Co. in its Section 363 stalking horse asset purchase from Angelica Corporation for approximately US$125 million plus the assumption of certain liabilities.
- Consortium led by Simon Property Group in the Section 363 acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Aéropostale.
- Walter Energy Inc. (NYSE: WLT) in its US$1.25 billion Section 363 asset sale as part of Walter’s Chapter 11 filing.
- Consortium led by Baupost in their purchase of certain bankruptcy claims held by Toshiba Corporation.
*Some of the above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.
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資格
弁護士資格・登録
- ニューヨーク
- ニュージャージー州
- U.S. District Court, S.D. of New York
学歴
- Columbia Business School, MBA, 2013
- New York University School of Law, J.D., 2007
- Yeshiva University, 理学士, 2003 (summa cum laude)